The social status of the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy is much greater than the experience of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the two official positions of the Dali Temple Zuo Sicheng!

The core of feudal society is the imperial examination system, and the Hanlin Academy is the skeleton of this system.

It is necessary to reach the level of a minister, such as Wei Bao's teacher Sun Chengzong's friend, the governor of Denglai, Yuan Keli, who is a highly respected and powerful feudal official, to be qualified to come to the Hanlin Academy to study for a bachelor, the glory of a bachelor.

This glory is equivalent to pushing Wei Bao to the peak of the glory of the feudal imperial examination.

Further up, it can only be the position of a bachelor of the Hallym Academy.

That's the five products, presiding over the work of the Hanlin Academy, in fact, it is a false name, and the Hanlin Academy is the top few in the previous examinations of some dance and writing.

There has been no serious thing for a year and a half.

Compared with Zhuang Yuanlang, the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy is not a little bit of a star.

There are hundreds of champions in the Ming Dynasty, and in the end, those who can do the bachelor's degree in the Hanlin Academy, I'm afraid that there are not even people with one hand, and there are only two or three people who have a chance, sometimes, a long-lived dynasty, hundreds of champions, and even one who finally becomes the emperor's bachelor's bachelor, bachelor's lecturer, and bachelor's bachelor of the Hanlin Academy.

Zhu Yanxi himself didn't know how he could agree to such a ridiculous proposal, and secretly thought, I'm afraid that the entire Ming Dynasty will be shaken.

The entire Ming Dynasty was not shaken so quickly, anyway, the first assistant Gu Bingqian and several other eunuch ministers were shaken first.

"How's it going, my lords? Do you want to sign your name on the ticket? As soon as Gu Bingqian responded in the afternoon, he first proposed Wei Bao's promotion.

"As Shousuke-sama said, I have no opinion!" The second assistant, Lord Zhu Yanxi, said bluntly.

"Good!" Gu Bingqian smiled slightly, a little surprised that Zhu Yanxi agreed so readily this time, originally thought that they would have to argue about this matter for at least half a day and a day, maybe they would have to wait for the emperor to speak in person, and they would have to run to the emperor to quarrel for a long time. However, Zhu Yanxi finally complied, which was also within Gu Bingqian's expectations, and he would not be too surprised, after all, this was the person who the emperor personally gave him a reward!

In the eyes of the Donglin Party, the eunuchs are all sycophants, unscrupulous for the sake of interests, without shame, and without integrity.

In the eyes of the eunuch party, the Donglin party is the same, and it is necessary to add the sanctimoniousness, yin and yang, deception, despicable means, and stripping the people of fat and ointment everywhere.

Anyway, both sides look at each other, and they are full of faults, and they feel that one side is more righteous than the other!

Originally, the backbone of the eunuch party was the Qichu Zhejiang Party, which had always been suppressed by the Donglin Party, and they were the weaker party, so they were even more unaccustomed to many of the Donglin Party's methods of doing things.

The Qi, Chu and Zhejiang Party is a political faction formed by geographical relations in the bureaucracy in the late Ming Dynasty, the collective name of the Zhejiang Party, the Qi Party, and the Chu Party.

From the middle of the Wanli period of Mingshenzong to the early years of the Tianqi of Mingxizong, this stage is the beginning of the party struggle.

The "Zhejiang Party" is mainly headed by Shen Zhengyi, Fang Congzhe, and Yao Zongwen, who are auxiliary ministers of the cabinet; the "Chu Party" headed by Huguang officials Ying Zhen, Wu Liangsi, and Huang Yanshi; The "Qi Party" headed by Qi Shijiao and Zhou Yongchun, who are from Shandong.

After the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the serious crisis of political rule and financial crisis deepened the social contradictions, and at the same time, the internal contradictions of the ruling class became increasingly intense.

In the 33rd year of Wanli (1605), Gu Xiancheng, who was dismissed from office, returned to his hometown of Wuxi, and lectured at Donglin Academy with Gao Panlong and others, satirizing current politics and demanding political reform to alleviate the crisis of rule.

In the same year that Gu Xiancheng was dismissed, Shen Yiyi, a native of Ningbo, Zhejiang, entered the cabinet and became a university scholar, and a few years later he became the first assistant.

In addition, the opposition factions of the Donglin Party, which was composed of bureaucrats in the DPRK and China, also included the "Qi Party" (named after the party leader Qi Shijiao's nationality in Shandong) and the "Chu Party" (named after the party leaders Ying Zhen, Wu Liangsi, and Huang Yanshi, who were all from Guanhuguang).

As well as the "Xuan Party" and the "Kun Party", they are also political parties formed by geographical relations. The Zhejiang Party is the most powerful, and the Qi Party and the Chu Party are all attached to it and jointly attack the Donglin Party, so they are collectively called the "Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang Parties".

The party struggle in the last years of the Ming Dynasty began in the middle of the Wanli period of Mingshenzong and finally ended with the fall of the Southern Ming Dynasty, which lasted for more than half a century, and the party struggle of more than half a century can be roughly divided into three stages.

The Donglin Party and the Qichu Zhejiang Party were born accordingly!

These parties are fighting each other for power.

It was precisely because of these partisan struggles and contradictions with the eunuch dictatorship that a series of court incidents were triggered.

The party struggle began with the struggle for the country's foundation, and then the three cases of "Strike", "Red Pill", and "Moving the Palace" lasted for decades.

Both sides of the opposing sides also used the Jingcha, which is held once every six years, as a means to squeeze out and attack each other, so that the system of evaluating Beijing officials became a tool for party struggle.

In the thirty-third year of Wanli, the Donglin Party members were all Yu Shi Wenchun and Yang Shiqiao, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, presided over the Jingcha, and belittled the Zhejiang Party officials Qian Menggao and Zhong Zhaodou, etc., and Shen always obstructed them.

In the 39th year, Beijing Jingcha expelled Qichu and Zhejiang party officials, and Nanjing Jingcha presided over the Qichu and Zhejiang party members, and greatly belittled the Donglin party members.

In the 45th year, the head of the Zhejiang Party in Beijing also vigorously reprimanded the Donglin Party.

In the third year of the Apocalypse, the Donglin Party was in charge of Jingcha, and they chased all the Qi Chu and Zhejiang Parties.

After the eunuch Wei Zhongxian gained power, most of the Qichu and Zhejiang parties took refuge in his subordinates, formed a eunuch party, instigated Wei Zhongxian to brutally suppress the Donglin party, and fabricated the blacklist "Dian Jianglu", "Tianjian Lu", "Comrade Lu", "Lei Pinglu", "Shaving Lu", "Fly Gnat" and "Locust Lu", collectively known as "Donglin Qilu", raising party prisons in an attempt to wipe out the Donglin party.

In this context, Wei Bao, who suddenly appeared and was rewarded by the Emperor of the Apocalypse Zhu Youxiao, became the king of the 'transfer market', and became the object of competition between the two super clubs, the Eunuch Party and the Donglin Party.

Wei Bao's status can be said to have increased tenfold and tenfold every day since the day he was given by the emperor to add five grades of service!

If it weren't too young, if Wei Bao was a man of forty or fifty years old, the myth that he could enter the rank of five or more in one year can be imagined.

However, for a 15-year-old person like Wei Bao, in the first year of his career, he was promoted to the fifth grade, which is already appalling.

This kind of feat, there are almost none, because the world of the Ming Dynasty is too big!

What happened in the North, the South didn't feel much.

What happened in the south, the feeling in the north, is no less big.

Everyone's focus is different.

Poor places pay attention to food and clothing, and rich places pay attention to the rule of officials and the rule of law.

If you really want to say that the construction of slaves outside the customs is rampant, and there are displaced people everywhere, in fact, outsiders do not pay attention to it, and only local people who have the pain of their skin are particularly experienced.

For example, Liaodong has become a pot of porridge, and the people on the side of Beizhili will not have any big reaction, it is better to win, everyone will talk for a while, and they will feel proud, if they lose, that is, the officials in the court who are related to the Liaodong war, and the emperor will be anxious, as for the common people, anyway, as long as you don't fight Beizhili, don't impose additional taxes on everyone, how to fight is your business.

"What about you two adults? Lord Zhou, Lord Ding? "This kind of vote, the other ministers are not important, the first assistant and the second assistant sign is actually enough, Gu Bingqian politely.

Zhou Rupan and Ding Shaoshi also said they had no opinion.

"Okay, let's present Ouchi!" Gu Bingqian said with a smile, "Lord Wei, Lord Huang, and Lord Feng have already signed. ”

"Wait." Zhu Yanxi raised his hand and said.

Gu Bingqian, Wei Guangwei, Huang Liji and Feng Quan were stunned, and frowned at the same time, they didn't know what Zhu Yanxi was doing, but they had already agreed. That's a lot of!

"What's wrong?" Gu Bingqian said impatiently: "Lord Zhu, is this going to change your mind?" Don't agree with Your Majesty to add an official to Wei Bao? Do you know this Wei Bao and have a grudge against this Wei Bao, or did Wei Bao beat someone in the palace last time, and hit some of your relatives of Lord Zhu? ”

Gu Bingqian was a little anxious, otherwise, with Gu Bingqian's elegant demeanor, he would not say so much even if he had a dispute. I mainly think that the ministers of the Donglin Party have nothing to do now, and there are really more and more tricks! Now even His Majesty dares to refuse to do the things he has explained, and it is not a big deal, for them, the first and second rank officials, what is a fifth-grade official? Also, if you want to oppose it, you will always oppose it! Why oppose it, agree to it, and oppose it again?

"Shousuke-sama, don't worry, you misunderstood, I didn't change my mind, but I wanted to add something to the ticket!" Zhu Yanxi smiled.

"Add something," Gu Bingqian was even more surprised, "Add something?" ”

"I have discussed with Lord Zhou and Lord Ding, and I feel that since His Majesty is so kind to Wei Bao and values Wei Bao, on the one hand, it is because of his gratitude and nostalgia for Dongli Niangniang, on the other hand, it is also because Wei Bao is a talent, and he is a new science and technology Tanhualang, the most important thing is that Wei Bao is only 15 years old, the Ming Dynasty has never produced such a young top three, so young to be named on the gold list, his future is limitless! For such talents, Your Majesty attaches great importance to it, which should be shared, and Your Majesty attaches importance to talents, which is the blessing of my Ming court! Therefore, we all feel that it is a matter of time before Wei Bao will obtain the title of Bachelor of Hanlin Academy in the future, and since it is a matter of time, it is better to simply add the title to Wei Bao now, so that Wei Bao can go more smoothly in his career. Lord Shoufu, Lord Wei, Lord Huang, Lord Feng, what do you say? Zhu Yanxi said a long list of words very smoothly.

Gu Bingqian, Wei Guangwei, Huang Liji and Feng Quan were stunned, they never thought that Zhu Yanxi didn't want to oppose the addition of officials to Wei Bao? Instead, he wants to add another title of bachelor to Wei Bao in the Hanlin Academy? This title is not trivial, and it is even bigger than the experience of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the two positions of Dali Temple Zuo Si Cheng combined!

They thought that in addition to the six department corridor officials who are qualified to go to the court with the rank of seventh-rank official, even the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, as a seventh-rank official, is not qualified to go to the court!

Even the left temple of Dali Temple, which is the fifth product, is not qualified to go to court!

In the entire Jingshi, except for the officials of the Six Branches, only the officials of the Hanlin Academy are qualified to go to the early dynasty!

Although there are many people in the Hanlin Academy, there are only a handful of people who are qualified to go to the Hanlin Academy to study for bachelors and bachelors, and they are His Majesty's close ministers!

What do Zhu Yanxi, Zhou Rupan, and Ding Shaoshi want to do? What does the Donglin Party want to do? Why did you turn such a big turn? From opposition, all of a sudden, he wanted to reward Wei Bao with a bigger official position, why is this?

Gu Bingqian, Wei Guangwei, Huang Liji and Feng Quan really couldn't figure it out.

Now it has become Gu Bingqian's embarrassment, because things have changed dramatically, he can't be the master anymore, and he must tell Wei Zhongxian to make up his mind about this matter!

When Gu Bingqian was thinking about how to phrase it, Zhu Yanxi had already added a request to study for Wei Bao and Hanlin Academy on the ticket draft!

"Okay, Lord Shoufu, then send someone to the palace and hand it over to His Majesty for approval!" Zhu Yanxi said.

If even the authority to appoint and dismiss officials is given to Wei Zhongxian, the emperor of the Apocalypse Zhu Youxiao will also be given to Wei Zhongxian, Zhu Youxiao, the emperor of the Apocalypse, is not a serious business, but he is definitely not a fool, this will not be released, and the imperial court etiquette system is not allowed.

So Zhu Yanxi will say that it will be handed over to the emperor for approval.

"Oh, let's wait until tomorrow to send it to the palace!" Gu Bingqian said casually.

"Why wait for tomorrow? Send a recital into the palace once a day in the morning and evening, and it's completely in time for it? Did something go wrong? Or is Lord Shoufu going to discuss it with Gonggong Wei again? Ding Shaoshi couldn't help but scold.

"You!" Gu Bingqian's face turned red all of a sudden, and he felt very embarrassed.

Although everyone knew that Gu Bingqian was going to discuss with Wei Zhongxian, Ding Shaoshi exposed it so directly in person, and everyone felt that it was a bit too much.

Zhu Yanxi weighed it, looked at Gu Bingqian's embarrassed appearance, and couldn't help but feel proud, feeling that it was indeed a good move, which seemed to disrupt the plan of the eunuch party.

"Shousuke-sama, I suggest that you be sent to the palace immediately! Didn't you say that this is Your Majesty's will, Your Majesty must be anxious to see our vote to jointly nominate Wei Bao, why wait? Zhu Yanxi said.

Zhou Rupan also saw the subtlety of the problem, and echoed: "Unless Lord Shoufu says a reason to postpone the delivery of tickets to the palace!" It's also the Shousuke-sama who co-urges.,It's also the Shousuke-sama who delays.,Then the cabinet doesn't have to deliberate.,Shousuke-sama just decides alone.。 ”

"Lord Zhu, Lord Zhou, Lord Ding, don't you talk with guns and sticks, Lord Shoufu said that he would be sent to the palace tomorrow, he must have wanted to send it to the palace with other manuscripts that have not yet been processed, what can I do if I am half a day late? It is not a particularly urgent matter to add an official to Wei Bao. Wei Guangwei couldn't help but block Gu Bingqian, who was speechless.

"That's not what you said, how urgent was what Shousuke-sama said in the morning? At that time, we were asked to come up with the charter, and a few of you were there, right? What's wrong? After a lunch, everything has changed, huh? Hahahaha. Ding Shaoshi's mouth is ruthless, and he will never miss any opportunity to attack the eunuch minister.

Gu Bingqian snorted, he really couldn't think of a reason to delay, so he simply said: "The old man originally said that there is still an urgent matter at hand, and it is almost done, and he will discuss it with a few adults again, and send it to the palace tomorrow, and present it to His Majesty together with this transcript, since Lord Zhu, Lord Zhou and Lord Ding are so anxious, then send it to the palace now!" That's a good thing, too. ”

Zhu Yanxi, Zhou Rupan and Ding Shaoshi couldn't help but smile and nod when they saw Gu Bingqian's embarrassed expression and insisted on pretending to be relaxed, which was very funny.

At first, Zhu Yanxi was reluctant to give Wei Bao the title of bachelor of Hanlin Academy, because he was afraid of ruining the glory of the Ming Imperial Examination, but now that he has given it, he has figured it out all of a sudden, and feels that it is a special case, since Wei Bao can be a 15-year-old Zhongjinshi, he is still a Tanhualang with the title of the gold list, and there is nothing to reward the title of bachelor of Hanlin Academy earlier, this title can give people great fame, but it is not an official position with real power, adding this title is equivalent to adding a halo of Donglin to Wei Bao! It's a win-win-win-win-win

Coupled with the fact that it can also disrupt the plan of the eunuch party, it is really a triple win!

Zhu Yanxi, who couldn't help it, was not surprised, and hurriedly sent the written ticket and recital to the palace.

In this way, in the afternoon, the book and the ticket were intended to enter the palace and sent to Wei Zhongxian.

In fact, it doesn't matter much whether Gu Bingqian discussed with Wei Zhongxian before going to the script, or directly going to the script, because the book always has to go to the master of ceremonies first, and when he arrives at the master of ceremonies, if Wei Zhongxian feels that it is not good for him, he will either detain it or send it back, and he will not show it to the emperor anyway.

Therefore, Gu Bingqian agreed to send the music book into the palace as soon as possible after being forced by Zhu Yanxi and others.

The first to see the book was Wang Tiqian, Wang Tiqian was very surprised, it is rare to see such a complete number of cabinet members to promote a person, and the official title of the guarantee is still so many, the imperial gift Wei Bao plus the cabinet of the scholar in charge of the system, plus the royal front walking, plus the five products of the service, the experience of the Metropolitan Inspectorate, the left temple of Dali Temple, the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy.

His Majesty gave him the five grades, the experience of the Metropolitan Inspection Institute is the six grades, the left temple of Dali Temple is the five grades, and the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy is the five grades.

Wang Tiqian counted them one by one, secretly wondering, and couldn't figure out what was going on.

Wei Bao has always been in contact with Wang Tiqian, but unless he has something to ask Wang Tiqian for help, he usually just asks people to secretly send gifts to Wang Tiqian's outer house outside the palace.

In fact, Wei Bao only asked Wang Tiqian once, or when he was in Liaoxi, and he never looked for Wang Tiqian again.

Wei Bao gave Wang Tiqian at least more than 300,000 taels of silver in this year, Wang Tiqian acted low-key, and the years in power were not long, and the opportunity to get silver was far inferior to Wei Zhongxian, although he was the eunuch who was in charge of the seal, but the silver he got was only 100,000 taels of silver, which was not worth half of the amount of silver that Wei Bao gave him alone in this year's kung fu.

Because of this, Wang Tiqian often felt a little ashamed of Wei Bao, and accepted so much silver from Wei Bao, but he didn't do anything for Wei Bao.

What touched Wang Tiqian the most was that these silvers were not what he asked Wei Bao to be filial to, but Wei Bao would give gifts every New Year's Day, big festivals and small festivals, and no one would be left behind.

Although Wang Tiqian couldn't figure out what was going on, Wei Zhongxian didn't discuss with him on many things, but he knew that the stakes were very high, and it was something that was beneficial to Wei Bao, so he sent someone to invite Wei Gonggong as soon as possible.

Wei Zhongxian asked Wang Tiqian what was going on, if it was okay, Wang Tiqian would not send someone to find him to come to the celebrant eunuch, he didn't know a few big characters, and the work of copywriting was handed over to the chief eunuch and a group of eunuchs to deal with.

After Wang Tiqian said it briefly, he presented the notebook and ticket that the cabinet had just sent in to Wei Zhongxian for inspection, and the ink on it had not yet dried thoroughly.

Because Wei Zhongxian's cultural level is limited, he once asked the cabinet to use easy-to-understand words for votes.

His Majesty issued a holy decree, but it was not his turn to do it himself.

Therefore, no matter when, in a high position, it is not necessarily necessary to have more ink, but with power, emotional intelligence and brains.

Wei Zhongxian's culture is not high, but there are many educated eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty, and there are even many eunuchs who can be called knowledgeable.

Feng Bao, who Wei Bao is familiar with, is very cultured!

Because Wei Bao likes to collect, many precious collections in later generations should have Feng Bao's collection seal, and many calligraphy and paintings have Feng Bao's comments and annotations.

Since Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, he asked from the beginning that the eunuchs must not be allowed to hold power and control the court, so he asked all the eunuchs in the palace to serve the concubines in the harem, and they could not do anything other than that, they could only be a slave, if he found that there were eunuchs interfering in politics, the eunuchs would be executed in an extremely cruel way, and Zhu Yuanzhang also stipulated that all eunuchs who entered the palace could not read and write, and those who could read and write were not allowed to enter the palace as eunuchs.

At that time, only the extremely poor families would let their children enter the palace as eunuchs, to be servants of others, what a painful thing it was for organs to be cut off alive, not only physical pain, but also the most serious mental pain, and this was the most difficult to alleviate, the conditions of poverty made them never go to school from childhood to adulthood, did not receive education, so they did not know anything about writing, but only in this way would the rulers think that they could not rebel.

Zhu Yuanzhang had this request during his reign because there had been eunuch rebellions in other dynasties, so he was so careful.

But Zhu Di is different from Zhu Yuanzhang, during Zhu Di's reign, he focused on some eunuchs, and no one even knew why he let the eunuchs hold military power.

The importance of military power to an emperor shows that Zhu Di believed in his eunuchs very much at that time, such as supervising the army, and all of them were eunuchs.

In the Ming Xuanzong period, the eunuchs were more reused, when he was in power, he also found a dozen very young eunuchs in the palace, trained them from an early age, they began to learn literacy at a very young age, and their teachers are also very learned some Hanlin Academy professors and scholars, etc., in such an educational environment, these eunuchs have excellent grades since childhood, and are also very educated, everyone has a very high literary attainment, since then, More and more eunuchs began to work in government affairs.

Among them, the most cultured is the eunuch Feng Bao, Feng Bao is the head of the inner house, but in addition to this identity, he is also the most literate eunuch in the Ming Dynasty.

Because Feng Bao has read a lot of books since he was a child, and he will read all kinds of books regardless of type, which is why he is the most outstanding among the eunuchs, which can be seen in the resignation he wrote to the Wanli Emperor.

Feng Bao was trained at the age of 14 and became a civil eunuch.

Since then, he has accompanied two emperors, and he is one of the more senior eunuchs.

Later, before Longqing's death, he became the eunuch of the celebrant and the eunuch, which was the highest position among the eunuchs, which was also the emperor's affirmation of him, so he became the most powerful eunuch in the entire palace.

But when he held this important position, Gao Gong, the first assistant of the cabinet, was very jealous of Feng Bao, so Gao Gong came up with a way to make the eunuch who reassured him go to Feng Bao's position, so Gao Gong recommended a eunuch to the emperor, and this eunuch was named Chen Hong.

Although Chen Hong became the most powerful eunuch after Feng Bao with the help of Gao Gong, Chen Hong's own level of education was far inferior to Feng Bao, and it was not surprising that he was deposed by the emperor not long after.

Gao Gong still didn't give up, he recommended another eunuch to the emperor, but none of these eunuchs he recommended had Feng Bao's literary skills, so it wasn't until Long Qing fell ill and died soon that Gao Gong really thought that Feng Bao was a well-deserved eunuch with the highest culture.

The cultural heritage is cultivated from an early age, Wei Zhongxian is very smart, learns things quickly, and has a good memory, but he only entered the palace when he became an adult, and he is just a scoundrel in society, and after taking power, it is too late to learn culture.

Therefore, Wei Zhongxian can only know some commonly used words, and it can't be too complicated.

"This was just delivered?" Wei Zhongxian asked.

"Yes, I'm not sure of my mind, so I'll show it to the nine thousand years old first, do you want to present this to Your Majesty?" Wang Tiqian asked.

Not to mention that Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Apocalypse doesn't do anything, Zhu Youxiao still reviews some transcripts every day, because it is related to the appointment and dismissal of officials, as well as some major matters that must be decided by the emperor only if the emperor is qualified to decide, there must be the emperor's personal approval, otherwise the cabinet will not admit it.

Wei Zhongxian frowned, quickly thinking about the intentions of the Donglin Party.

With his shrewd mind, Wei Zhongxian quickly figured out the intentions of the Donglin Party, and snorted, "Their Donglin Party is an anti-general!" Grab Wei Bao with our family! ”

Wang Tiqian nodded and agreed: "I also think that's what it means." They've done a great job. ”